DAFOH: Doctors Reject Sugar Coating On China’s Organ Transplant Business  

Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH), the medical watchdog organization monitoring abuses in organ transplantation surgery, said that the international community should be wary of China’s recent promise to end the harvesting of organs from executed prisoners.

The Chinese government has a longstanding record of secrecy, misleading numbers and contradictory statements, and despite mounting evidence and international demands to stop organ harvesting abuses, Beijing has refused to acknowledge the illegal harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience.

China’s primary source of organs for transplantation surgeries, said to be executed death row inmates, belies a different reality: an increased reliance on organ procurement from prisoners of conscience. This vulnerable group, including Falun Gong – a brutally persecuted traditional Chinese cultivation practice, is at increased risk of falling victim to the demand for forcibly procured organs. DAFOH urges the global medical community to remain vigilant and not accept China’s claims at face value, pointing out several key factors:

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